(If it so be they workë both amiss), But, for 4970 the gentle is in estate above, She shall be call’d his lady and his love; And, for that other is a poor womán, She shall be call’d his wench and his lemán: And God it wot, mine owen dearë brother, Men lay the one as low as lies the other. Right so betwixt a titleless tyránt 4971 And an outlaw, or else a thief erránt, 4972 The same I say, there is no differénce (To Alexander told was this senténce), But, for the tyrant is of greater might By force of meinie 4973 for to slay downright, And burn both house and home, and make all plain, 4974 Lo, therefore is he call’d a capitáin; And, for the outlaw hath but small meinie, And may not do so great an harm as he,
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